We celebrate “The Hurt Locker”, which is a film about war that remains “a-political” and by doing so, tacitly accepts our invasion and occupation as fact, and war as an inevitable reality. We celebrate a female director telling stories about men – men as heroes, men as flawed adrenaline junkies, men who have fear, men who die, men who care about each other. We celebrate “The Hurt Locker,” a film by a woman about men.
Let’s be revolutionary. Let’s celebrate stories about women, that celebrate their risk-taking, their flaws, their losses and their joys. Let’s tell stories about women that are entertaining, thought-provoking, sexy, smart and all things that we women are. Let’s be revolutionary and reflect our visions on a screen of a world free from violence, rape, and full of sex, relationships, drama, and humanity. That’s my vote.
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Yes, let’s make those movies, let’s tell our stories, but let’s be GOOD at it. Watch a Nancy Meyers movie and then watch The Hurt Locker. They are not at the same level, and I’m not even talking about the story or subject matter, I’m talking about what they look like, how they flow, how they are set up. It’s not the same.
Also, almost all the fiction I write is from the male perspective. I am in my own very female brain and life all damn day, when I write, I want to go somewhere else.
